HISTARCHers:
 
     I saw this notice on the Southwest Archeology bulletin board. For
     those of you interested in studies of brothels, this brothel museum is
     one of the best I've seen. Cripple Creek, Colorado was turned into a
     gambling town early in this decade, with the promise that gambling
     would benefit historic preservation!
 
     Cathy Spude
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Subject: Got CALICHE ?
Author:  dogyears <[log in to unmask]> at NP--INTERNET
Date:    1/12/99 6:56 PM
 
 
Got CALICHE ?  http://www.swanet.org/caliche.html
 
MUSEUM SUPPORTERS TRY TO SAVE IT FROM AUCTIONEER 01/11/99 12:22AM CRIPPLE
CREEK, Colo. (AP) _ It will be a busy winter for supporters of the
Homestead House Museum in this historic gold mining town. They are trying
to raise $250,000 to save the museum building from the auction block.  The
parent company for the adjacent Jubilee Casino, which owns the museum,
planned to auction off the 1890s-era furnishings, but agreed to sell the
building and furnishings outright to the museum supporters. Supporters need
to raise the money by May. The Cripple Creek City Council donated $50,000
to the project last week. Homestead House was built by Pearl DeVere in 1896
as a high-class brothel in the red-light district on Myers Avenue. When
DeVere died, she had the biggest funeral in Colorado, said Charlotte
Bumgarner, who has been giving tours at the museum for three years. ``We've
just got to save Pearl's house.'' Today, the house is furnished as it was
in 1896. It is open for tours, filled with anecdotes about historic Cripple
Creek, from May through October. Groups of 10 or more can schedule visits
year-round. Bumgarner said the Greatest Gold Camp Historical Association is
helping with the fund raising until a separate nonprofit organization can
be formed for the museum. Supporters are soliciting individual donations
which may be sent to Homestead House Museum, P.O. Box 268, Cripple Creek,
CO 80813. (719) 689-2485.
 
 


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